Popular open source AI developer tool Ollama raises $65M, grows to nearly 9M users

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Claim Popular open source AI developer tool Ollama raises $65M, grows to nearly 9M users
AI inference Neutral · 50%
Generated 2026-07-09 13:00

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Benchmark-backed Ollama has amassed 176,000 stars, and nearly 17,000 forks on Github by helping developers easily run AI on their PCs.

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Original article published by TechCrunch on July 9, 2026. Analysis and insights provided by AnalystMarkets AI.

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